Image of the Woman in the Panegyrics of Ibn ?amd?s (English Abstract)

This study consists of an introduction, followed by two chapters: the introduction sheds light on the themes of panegyric and love poetry of Ibn ?amd?s, focusing on his works’ goals and characteristics. Then, the first chapter contains two parts: the first highlights the poetry’s description of the woman’a physical appearance, such as her hair, eyes, eyelids, cheeks, lips and nick, while the other studies some moral attitudes, for example his passion and inability to win her heart, her admonition and neglection of him, besides her sweet arrogance. The second chapter, which is divided into six parts, studies the technical aspects of the woman’s image in Ibn ?amd?s poetry beginning by his poetic language; it shows how he tends to appropriately employ kind and soft words in the context, This section also analyses the poet tendency to choose uncomplicated words, except in some occasions. The second part of this chapter deals with the sentences, and the impact of anastrophe on the poet’s intentions. Then comes the third part which discuss the poets styles such as: using dialogue and questions to attract the readers, while the fourth part surveys the rhetorical image and its sources, for instance: the static and motion nature, and how Ibn ?amd?s relied on his cultural background to constitute his poetry imagery using similes, metaphor and metonymy. The final two parts deal with the structure of Ibn ?amd?s’s poem and its internal rhythm (music), while the conclusion sums up the findings and recommendations of the study.